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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1886
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment references communications and faith matters, noting that figures should be plain and distinct and mentioning dates and letters. The text emphasizes publication not required and contains guidance on legibility and identification in the record.
A window observer muses on the death of Old Jones as the street life hums below. The speaker wonders if Jones perceived beyond the living world, whether he heard daylight feet, and whether memory, faith, and time sustain him beyond death. The poem ends with a sense of peaceful summer morning and enduring memory.
Corona and Mary roam Fairharbor in pursuit of a suitable family horse. They test Pepper and Old Army, endure earnest sales talk, and meet a letter carrier and a village trader while musing on age, speed, and the war years. A humorously drawn social vignette on romance, money, and the horse market.
Abilene list includes J E Bonebrake as president and J S Drake J C Orton Nathan Blevins Theos Mosher among named officials in the document outlining positions and duties for a local civic notice.
An advertisement touts a cash rich company ready to cash mortgages quickly. It claims to approve loans locally rather than sending papers East and promises completion and payout in less than half the usual time.
An advertisement invites borrowers to visit the office in the old T. G. Henry Building. It promotes loans and notes trading land for city property and city property for land, inviting readers to call and see them.
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